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Tag: Jerry Falwell Jr.
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Liberty Lawsuit Against Jerry Falwell Jr. Survives First Round of Legal Challenges
Most of a lawsuit filed by Liberty University against its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., was upheld by a judge after Falwell’s attorneys argued for its dismissal in June, ABC News reports. Falwell left Liberty — the evangelical Virginia school that his late father founded — after being put on an indefinite leave of absence last year for posting […]
August 2, 2021
News Roundup
Son of Jerry Falwell Jr. Ousted as VP at Liberty University
Trey Falwell, son of former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., is out of his vice president job at the school, POLITICO reported. According to Liberty University spokesperson Scott Lamb, Falwell’s ouster occurred this week, Approximately eight months ago Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as president amid allegations of inappropriate personal behavior and financial self-dealing. The […]
April 15, 2021
News Roundup
Former Liberty University President Sues School for Defamation and Breach of Contract
Liberty University’s former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., resigned in August and is now suing the school for defamation and breach of contract at the Circuit Court for Lynchburg, reported CNN. After a sex scandal and other controversies, Falwell Jr. is attempting to seal redacted portions of the suit as it may breach a confidentiality clause […]
October 30, 2020
News Roundup
After Back and Forth, Jerry Falwell, Jr. Agrees to Resign as President of Liberty U
Jerry Falwell, Jr. has officially resigned — once and for all — as president of Liberty University, with the university’s Board of Trustees and Board of Directors accepting the resignation in a meeting this morning. His resignation is effective immediately. Falwell, the pro-Trump leader of the evangelical school his late father founded, initially agreed to […]
August 25, 2020
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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. to Take Leave of Absence
Liberty University President and Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. “will take an indefinite leave of absence” from his leadership role at Liberty, the board of trustees announced Friday, according to The New York Times, which noted that the news comes “days after Mr. Falwell posted, and then deleted, a photograph on Instagram of him posing alongside […]
August 7, 2020
Sports
Liberty University’s Former Head Football Coach Returns in Diversity Role
Former Liberty University head football coach Turner Gill, who retired in December 2018, is returning to the institution as executive vice president of Diversity, Development & Inclusion. Joining him is alumnus and former NFL player Kelvin Edwards, who will assume the role of executive vice president of Management Efficiencies & Diversity. Gill said he’s looking […]
August 4, 2020
Sports
Report: Liberty U Has Spent Millions on Sports but Its Black Student-Athletes Are Leaving
Liberty University has spent close to $150 million on sports in the last four years, but its Black student-athletes are now leaving, upset at the racial climate on campus, reported Slate.com. The university’s president Jerry Falwell Jr. has come under fire for his racist-tinged tweets and comments in the last few months. But the publication […]
August 4, 2020
African-American
U of Lynchburg Alumni: Remove Name of Jerry Falwell Sr. From Building
Alumni of the University of Lynchburg are asking the institution to remove the name of Jerry Falwell Sr. from a building on campus, saying his “rhetoric represented that of racism, bigotry, placism and sexism until the last day,” reported the Danville Register & Bee. These alumni also want the university to cut ties with Lynchburg-based […]
August 3, 2020
News Roundup
Liberty University Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against NYT for Coronavirus Article
Liberty University on Wednesday filed a $10 million lawsuit against The New York Times for a March story in which it reported that 12 of the institution’s students “were sick with symptoms that suggested COVID-19,” after the college reopened following spring break. “There was never an on-campus student diagnosed with COVID-19,” said the Lynchburg, Virginia-based […]
July 16, 2020
Sports
Black Footballer Who Left ‘Racially Insensitive’ Liberty U Joins HBCU
Tayvion Land, a Black footballer who decided to transfer out of Liberty University saying its leadership is racially insensitive, has decided to join Norfolk State University, a historically Black institution. “Thanks to all the colleges and coaches that were interested in accepting me into their school,” tweeted Land. “My choice is to be surrounded by […]
July 7, 2020
News Roundup
Former Liberty U Diversity Director Raises Money to Help Black Employees Leave Institution
After resigning earlier this month, LeeQuan McLaurin, the former director of diversity retention at Liberty University, has raised over $18,000 to help Black employees leave the institution, reports to the News and Advance. McLaurin’s resignation came after Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. used Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s blackface scandal in a tweet to mock the […]
June 26, 2020
African-American
Two Black Liberty U Football Players to Transfer Citing ‘Racial Insensitivity’
Weeks after Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. posted tweets with Blackface images, two Black Liberty University footballers Tayvion Land and Kei’Trel (Tre) Clark said on Monday they are transferring out of the Virginia institution due to its leadership’s “racial insensitivity” and “cultural incompetence.” Earlier this month, Asia Todd, a Black player for Liberty University’s […]
June 22, 2020
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